Mechanical Mannequins 1951

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Mechanical mannequins at Weybridge-on-Thames, Surrey.

Several C/Us of rubber dummies moving and twisting they including clown, and a glamour girl swinging her hips provocatively. M/S of their creator Bernard Jepson at work making new model. C/U of one of his new creations being tested. Several...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34655
Sort Number:
NP 372
Time in/Out:
01:20:36:00 / 01:21:47:00
Canister:
NP 372
Film ID:
1295.14
Issue Date:
29/10/1951

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